Pray for the safe release of Fr. Paulo Dall’Oglio, who has been kidnapped and imprisoned by ISIS.

He is the founder in Syria of a Christian/Muslim Community of prayer at Mar Moussa, a refurbished 10th century monastery in Syria.

“Paolo’s vision was to create a monastic order dedicated to Abrahamic hospitality and Christian-Islamic dialogue and, until the war, Deir Mar Musa was a meeting point for Syrians of all faiths from across the country.” Emma Loosley, professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Exeter University, England and colleague of Father Paolo.

On Jan. 29th of this year he was seen alive in an ISIS prison. He is at Raqaa. He has been a prisoner since 2013.

“We profess to be a Branch of the Eastern Church and, therefore, a valid branch of the Universal Church, whose Symbol of Faith is the apostolic, eastern confession, and whose Orders through Episcopal Succession are derived from the ancient Eastern episcopate which is traced back to the primitive Church of the East and to the Apostles and to Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Rt. Revd. Arthur Wolfort Brooks (1889-1948); founder of the Apostolic Episcopal Church